On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 08:16:15PM -0700, Stephen Harris wrote:
> Enrico Forestieri wrote:
>
> "Notice that if you make a shortcut to lyx-x11.exe, you don't need to
> manually start the X server. If needed, lyx-x11.exe will start the X
> server using the /usr/local/bin/startxserver script which performs the
> same exact actions as the /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.{sh,bat} scripts,
> minus launching an additional xterm.
>
> The program lyx-x11.exe is a wrapper to the real binary lyx-x11bin.exe
> and sets up a proper environment, also assuring that the X server is
> running before launching lyx-x11bin.exe. The latter is thought to be
> used from the command line and you can simply symlink it to "lyx"
> to save typing."
> --
> Enrico
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> I think this applies to using LyX after opening or inside of Cygwin.
>
> I wanted to put links on my Windows Desktop that would automatically
> start LyX up.
It should suffice creating a shortcut to C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\lyx-x11.exe
on the desktop. You will also get a nice icon.
> The problem with LyX and Xemacs too was that cyg*.dlls
> were required. It is fairly ugly to copy all those files into the
> /cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/local/bin directory containing lyx-x11.exe
This should not be necessary as lyx-x11.exe takes care of adding
"/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin" to the PATH before launching
lyx-x11bin.exe.
> So I solved this less than elegantly by appending
> run c:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\lyx-x11.exe
> to the bottom of startxwin.bat and then renaming that to LyX11.bat
> I made a similar Xemacs.bat too.
Ok, this also works. lyx-x11.exe simply detects an already running
X server and does not try to launch another instance of it.
> So it works with a double-click from the Desktop and the Viewers
> all work without a problem. It is a little more messy to exit.
> Just the Lyx XWindow method works, the win-bin stuff generates
> only a 4cm. x 12cm. rectangle; that is Ok because the fonts seem
> crisper. I've used less than 2gigs of an 8gig harddrive and the
> 450 cpu is adequate, luckily I have 224mb of memory. I put the
> Bakoma fonts in /usr/share/texmf/fonts - texhash - and in /X11R6
> fonts since I wasn't exactly sure where they went.
You should install fontconfig and then list the directory where
you put the fonts in /etc/fonts/local.conf. As an example, here is my
local.conf file:
$ cat /etc/fonts/local.conf
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- /etc/fonts/local.conf file for local customizations -->
<fontconfig>
<!--
Enable sub-pixel rendering
<match target="font">
<test qual="all" name="rgba">
<const>unknown</const>
</test>
<edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit>
</match>
-->
<dir>/usr/local/share/fonts/bakoma</dir>
<dir>/usr/local/share/fonts/ms-ttf</dir>
</fontconfig>
I put the bakoma fonts in /usr/local/share/fonts/bakoma. The ms-ttf
directory simply contains symlinks to the Windows fonts I have in
/cygdrive/c/WINNT/Fonts.
> lyx-1.4.1-cygwin.tar.gz file at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.1
> seems to me an excellent solution for people who want LyX to work
> on Win98, especially since it doesn't appear that the (Qt?)problem
> is going to be fixed and enthusiasm for Win98 has waned. lyx-winbin
> works well for Win XP pro of course. I think you did a bangup job
> on this release even extending to non-intimidating instructions. I'm
> buttering you up so you don't label my solution an abomination :-)
Not at all. It is only a little convoluted ;-)
> Best regards from an average Word user,
You seem to find your way quite well on cygwin ;-)
--
Enrico
